We wanted to bring to your attention the incredible opportunity to hear Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum (ret.) tell her story from the first Gulf War. Sponsored by TechWerks and co-sponsored by the Military Mental Health Caucus, BG Cornum’s story is the epitome of resiliency.

We invite you to join us in cosponsoring H.R. 4640, the Veteran Suicide Prevention Act, which would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a review of veteran suicide deaths over the past five years, paying specific attention to the medications prescribed to veterans at the time of their death.

As you may be aware, the Department of Veterans Affairs has proposed revising the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Nursing Handbook to remove anesthesiologists from the current team-based, nurse-physician approach.

As the weather finally clears up, our local transportation officials, cities, and development councils are making long term plans for important transportation projects. I ask for your support to ensure that our veterans are given the opportunity to work on highway and infrastructure construction projects in their hometowns.

As Co-Chairs of the Military Mental Health Caucus and in conjunction with the Mental Health Caucus and the Congressional Arts Caucus, we invite members and staff to a briefing and exhibition on the benefits of integrating art therapy in the healthcare model to treat soldiers and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Recently, many media outlets have covered the story of the Atomic Cleanup Veterans. In fact, the cover story of March’s issue of The American Legion Magazine highlighted the hardships and suffering that many veterans of the Enewetak Atoll Cleanup still face today.

I am circulating a resolution to confer honorary U.S. citizenship on Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits; a U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam. Rightly or wrongly, the U.S. Army made a promise of citizenship to Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits after his tour of duty in Vietnam.